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Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Renewable Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students explore solar and wind power-two important renewable energy sources.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Human Impact

For Students 9th - 10th
In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn how we can reduce our carbon footprint by using alternate energy sources.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Acid Rain: Students Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this student portal to understand all you can about acid rain and its harmful effects. Modules for interactive games, stories, puzzles, vocabulary terms and links to other activities and experiments.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Sustainability

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the definition of sustainability with this tutorial. Also, explore possible solutions to obtain sustanability in an environment.
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Other

International Institute for Sustainable Development: Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what the International Institute for Sustainable Development is doing in Canada to help ensure that clean, alternative energy sources are used in the future.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dinosaur Breath

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Through discussion and hands-on experimentation, students learn about the geological (ancient) carbon cycle. They investigate the role of dinosaurs in the carbon cycle and the eventual storage of carbon in the form of chalk. Students...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Energy Challenges

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource, users join investigators in the exploration of humans' use of and dependence on the many energy resources. Learn about new technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration as an alternative to reduce our carbon...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Warming: Graphs Tell the Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine these graphs from the NOVA/ FRONTLINE Web site to see dramatic increases in the temperature of Earth's surface and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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University of Oregon

Museum of Natural and Cultural History: Rocks and Minerals: Everyday Uses

For Students 3rd - 8th
Click on the shelves in this virtual exhibition to learn about the many rocks and minerals that we use in our everyday lives.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Evaluating Other Energy Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive instructional activity where students examine the different costs and benefits associated with renewable and nonrenewable sources of electricity. Includes a 22-question interactive module where they look at real-world...
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Climate Science Info Zone

For Students 9th - 10th
Media-rich interactive explores Earth's climate, investigating what might be causing the climate to change and how to prepare for it in the future.
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Other

Penn State University: Energy and Fuels in Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Penn State University, gives twenty one chapters of charts, graphs, and information on synthetic fuels.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Nitrogen Cycle: Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the impact of human activities on the environment and how those actions effect the nitrogen cycle.
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US Department of Energy

Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Study Guide: Oil (Pdf)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a Fossil Energy Study Guide all about oil including where it is found, a map of the top oil states, the uses for petroleum, drilling for oil, and much more.
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Other

American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: Coal Formation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this four-part lesson, young scholars will conduct a simulation of the coal formation process and will show the ability to do scientific inquiry. For the final project, they will use their findings they have recorded on their "Coal...
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Timelines

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of timelines showing the history of developments in the use of different fuels and methods of getting energy - wood, electricity, coal, oil, nuclear power, and fuels used in transportation.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Inside Story of Modern Gasoline

For Students 9th - 10th
The inside story on gasoline as told by the Standard Oil Company. This documentary was made in 1946 and explores the molecules that make up crude oil. Learn how the crude oil molecules are separated to make up usable forms like gasoline,...
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US Department of Energy

Department of Energy: Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Natural gas is an abundant resource across the United States, and new discoveries and extraction methods have led to a dramatic rise in shale gas development -- making America the world's leading natural gas producer. We invest in...
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how natural gas forms, how scientists find it beneath the Earth's surface, and how it is produced, stored, and transported.
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Hot Summer Days Ozone Action

For Students 3rd - 5th
Easy to read and understand site from Environmental Education for Kids. Good and bad ozone explained and illustrated. Complete with glossary and Quizzler at the end.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Geology: Petroleum Crude Oil

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explaining what petroleum crude oil is, its composition, how it is formed, sources, how it is recovered, different classifications, products made from it, and its history. Includes a chart showing statistical information for...
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PBS

Nova: Car of the Future

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, student teams research and develop a proposal to decrease the carbon footprint of their city's/town's public transportation system and then prepare a report that explains why their transportation plan is the best for...
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Other

1 Sky: The Basics of Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the basics of climate change and how it affects our planet. Learn ways to take action that can impact how our government deals with climate change
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Elmhurst College: Fractional Distillation of Crude Oil

For Students 9th - 10th
Elmhurst College offers excellent but advanced information on the distillation of crude oil, including a crude oil distillation tower.

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